All private sewage disposal systems within the City, regardless
of location, shall meet all applicable City codes, and where cases
of conflict arise, the most stringent shall apply.
A.
All private sanitary sewer disposal systems except those serving
single family residences of all kinds, now existing or constructed,
shall be operated and maintained by the duly designated operator only
after a proper operating permit is secured from the Missouri Clean
Water Commission and the City.
B.
Each private sanitary sewer disposal system shall be maintained and
operated pursuant to the rules, standards and regulations promulgated
by the Missouri Clean Water Commission and such other governmental
agencies which have jurisdiction and control over the same; including
the City.
Each private sanitary sewage disposal system shall be operated
only so long as full compliance is made under the necessary standards,
regulations, and rules, and upon the City determining non-compliance
or being duly notified by the Missouri Clean Water Commission or such
other governmental agency, State or Federal, which has jurisdiction
and control over the same, that there is a failure to comply, then
the City may request the operator to comply within ten (10) days.
In the event of default and failure to comply, the City may take such
action as may be necessary to repair, maintain, or upgrade the sanitary
sewer system so that the same will comply and all expenses shall be
chargeable to the operator or the City may revoke the operating permit
and such systems shall not be operated until it is determined that
there is satisfactory compliance. Within the time granted by the City
to comply, the operator may apply for a hearing before the City Council
to request a stay for good cause.
No private sanitary sewage systems shall be dedicated to or
accepted by the City as a public sanitary sewer disposal system until
such time as the City, by ordinance, approves and accepts the same.
All private sanitary sewage disposal systems must fully comply
and conform to the standards and regulations of the Missouri Clean
Water Commission and such other governmental agencies as may have
jurisdiction and control over the same including the City and if the
same is a private sanitary sewer company under the jurisdiction of
the Missouri Public Service Commission, the same shall not be operated
as such until a franchise is secured from the City.
The City may, upon proper application, agree to accept a sanitary
sewer system as constructed or to be constructed in the future provided
the same is constructed in conformity with the provisions of this
Chapter and to operate the same as a public sanitary sewer disposal
system only as planned and designed within its capability and no connection
shall be made to any point within said sanitary sewer system without
a permit being first duly secured from the City. The City shall receive
all revenues generated from the operation of said sewage disposal
system and shall prescribe such rates to be paid by the user as the
City deems reasonable for the operation of such sanitary sewer system.
All sanitary sewer disposal systems, laterals, septic tanks,
or other means of waste disposal of all kinds now existing or constructed
shall be operated, maintained and used only in a manner so as not
to create a health hazard, be injurious to the public welfare, cause
the emission of odoriferous fumes, or create or contribute to create
standing, stagnant or polluted streams or pools of water.
